Justice #16

Justice #16, published by DC Comics in 2007, serves as the penultimate chapter of the twelve-issue limited series written by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross, with pencils and ink washes by Ross and Doug Braithwaite. The series was conceived as a modernized tribute to the Silver Age Justice League of America, aiming to capture the grandeur of iconic superheroes facing a global threat orchestrated by the Legion of Doom. The project grew out of the creators' desire to return to the core archetypes of DC's pantheon while grounding the characters in a more contemporary, realistic visual aesthetic.

The visual design of the series is defined by Alex Ross's signature painterly style, which emphasizes tactile textures and cinematic lighting. By collaborating with Doug Braithwaite, Ross was able to maintain this intricate level of detail across a high volume of pages. Upon release, the series was well-received for its ambitious scope and its role in re-establishing the scale of the Justice League, with the sixteen-issue extended run—compiling the twelve main issues and supplementary material—becoming a noted example of epic-scale superhero storytelling in the mid-2000s.